I've always been amused at the inappropriate songs that are played during the reception (NOT the wedding ceremony).

I've heard:

I Will SurviveIt's Raining MenParadise by the Dashboard Light

And a bilingual bonus: Often they'll play a song in Hebrew called "Od Lo Ahavti Dai" -- which is about how the singer isn't ready to get married because they haven't loved enough women.

I don't have a problem with that. Not every single song at a reception has to be about how amazing love is and happily ever after, etc.

I'm with hobish on this one. Those are just good songs to dance to and have a good time, which is what I would want a reception to be, personally. Now, having them for a first dance song or something that's supposed to be all about the couple might be a little weird, but just for the dancing? Sounds like fun!

DH and I wanted "If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot because that's what we went to see on our first date. The band we had hired a) didn't know the song; b) couldn't find the sheet music and c) didn't have a singer with a good enough voice to carry it off.

We had "You're the Inspiration" by Chicago as our first dance. Don't laugh, it was the 80s.

My sister and brother in law went with "I need you" which is great, except it starts with a section that makes it sound like it's about addiction. That and "I need you/ like a needle needs a vein" is an odd sentiment for most people. But it works for them (she's an ER nurse and he's an EMT).

I've always been amused at the inappropriate songs that are played during the reception (NOT the wedding ceremony).

I've heard:

I Will SurviveIt's Raining MenParadise by the Dashboard Light

I don't have a problem with that. Not every single song at a reception has to be about how amazing love is and happily ever after, etc.

Agreed, I don't think I've been to a wedding reception that didn't have "It's Raining Men" during the reception. I think if you stuck to love songs during the reception, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun.

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And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.

I'm fine with a couple picking a song that has meaning to them (My DH and I both LOVE the Naked Gun movies. We originally wanted our first dance to be "Ding Dong, the witch is dead," but as my aunt had died not too long before our wedding, I was afraid it would have looked so inappropriate!).

But yeah, I think a lot of songs are picked because they have words like 'wedding' or 'love' in the titles, and it's just weird.

I remember reading somewhere that Love Fool by the Cardigans was a popular choice. Have they listened to the lyrics? At all?

Dear, I fear we're facing a problemYou love me no longer, I knowAnd maybe there is nothingThat I can do to make you doMama tells me I shouldn't botherThat I ought to stick to another manA man that surely deserves meBut I think you do!

I just heard Lovesong by the Cure, which i quite like, but i can see a lot of people being funny about it just because its the Cure!!

Its a high school friend of mine's wedding song. They did their "couples" dance to it (she/husband, mother/father, MIL/FIL) it was so sweet.

She and her husband fought a lot (well, they did get married when she was 18 because of immenent bun-in-the-oven syndrome...) and finally decided to get a divorce so they're (at that time) two kids wouldn't have to grow up in a home with so much fighting.

They were headed to a law office to finalize everything (together... They were really trying to be adult about this, despite her only being about 21 at this point) when "Lovesong" came on the radio. She started crying and he pulled over (on a country road) and they talked for awhile.

They decided to give it another chance and 3 years later are doing pretty well. (although eight months after they almost divorced they added baby #3 to the family.... we're still gently teasing them about that.)

Okay, I realize that "Because We Are in Love" is, in fact, a wedding song...

...The parents of the bride at my wedding wanted us to include it on our reception tape.

Yes, the Carpenters version.

For those who haven't heard it, it's very...dramatic, with huge sweeping crescendos. Not precisely reception music (particularly if the reception is just a sit-down lunch, no dancing). It's great as a recording for a lengthy wedding, but...

The parents of the bride just SO WANTED the HC to enter the restaurant and stand there for five minutes, being applauded, while this song played in the background. YeahnoIdunthinkso. We opted for Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You", partly because it's sweet, and partly because Mr. P. and I actually DID know each other before we met (eHarmony).

(Says the woman who wants Jonathan Coulton's 'Still Alive' at her wedding/civil partnership. [Hey, just because I am lacking in an SO at present doesn't mean I can't consider these things. Remind me to add 'Portal fan: desirable' to the hypothetical personals ad. ])

Hey, I can think of a LOT worse sentiments to have at a wedding than "This was a triumph/I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS."

"It's hard to overstate my satisfaction!"

Actually I think it'd be a great song And nice counter the doom and gloom marriage-is-death groomsman you might have to deal with!

I just hope that the cake is not a lie.

Just when I think that this song is FINALLY out of my head... Anyone who actually has their first dance to this song goes straight to the top of my hero list. This is one of the coolest expressions of geekdom that I have ever seen. You would HAVE to get a cake to match the theme!

My DH and I danced to The Luckiest by Ben Folds. It's a bit odd, but so are we It still makes me tear up a little when I hear it.